Ethereum grants

The programs listed below offer a variety of funding grants for projects working to promote the success and growth of the Ethereum ecosystem. Use this as a guide to find and apply for funds to help make your next Ethereum project a success.

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Broad Ethereum ecosystem

These programs support the broad Ethereum ecosystem by offering grants to a wide scope of projects. These include solutions for scalability, community building, security, privacy, and more. These grants are not specific to any one Ethereum platform and are a good place to start if you're unsure.

• EF Ecosystem Support Programopens in a new tab - Funding open source projects that benefit Ethereum, with a particular focus on universal tools, infrastructure, research and public goods
• Academic Grantsopens in a new tab - Grants to support Ethereum-related academic work

Grant list aggregators and platforms

These resources compile and organize various grant opportunities across the Ethereum ecosystem, making it easier to discover funding opportunities that match your project's needs. We've organized them by persona to help you get you started finding the most relevant resources based on your specific funding needs.

For all grant seekers: Comprehensive directories

These general platforms offer broad coverage of grants across the entire Web3 space and are useful starting points for anyone looking for funding:

• Blockworks Grantfarmopens in a new tab - Blockworks has compiled a comprehensive directory of all grants, RFPs, and bug bounties.
• Blockchain Grantsopens in a new tab - Directory of blockchain and crypto grants
• Karma Funding Mapopens in a new tab - Directory of all the web3 grant programs, updated on weekly basis

For developers and builders

• Grant Programs Vieweropens in a new tab - Public Airtable database of grant programs
• Web3 Grants Spreadsheetopens in a new tab - Google spreadsheet of Web3 grant opportunities
• Arbitrum Grantsopens in a new tab — Arbitrum DAO and The Arbitrum Foundationopens in a new tab

For DeFi projects and financial applications

• LlamaoGrantsopens in a new tab - DeFi Llama's grant program directory
• AlphaGrowth Grantsopens in a new tab - Comprehensive list of crypto and Web3 grants
• Uniswap Foundation Grantsopens in a new tab - Unichain and Uniswap v4 grants and support for DeFi builders

For DAO contributors and governance innovators

Resources for community-driven projects and governance experiments:

• DAO Grantsopens in a new tab - Google spreadsheet of organizations offering grants
• MetaGov Databaseopens in a new tab - Comprehensive Web3 grants map

Public goods and impact

These programs focus on funding projects that benefit the broader community, public goods, and impact initiatives. These include grant providers, as well as donation platforms utilizing onchain funding allocation mechanisms including quadratic funding:

• Gitcoinopens in a new tab - Gitcoin Grants utilizes multiple capital allocation mechanisms to fund open source projects and public goods in the Ethereum ecosystem
• Octantopens in a new tab - Public goods funding ecosystem that balances the common good and individual financial empowerment
• Givethopens in a new tab - Crypto donation platform enabling direct donations from for-good projects with zero added fees
• Artizenopens in a new tab - Helping creators match fund new projects at the frontier of art, science, technology and culture
• Quadratic Acceleratoropens in a new tab - Start-up accelerator program that uses quadratic funding to support projects that benefit the public good

Work in Ethereum

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